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Here are the stories in the Wednesday, April 26, 2006 edition of Gurdon Times

Primary School receives grant
In the case of the Reading First, Arkansas Department of Education grant, the second time is the charm for Gurdon Primary School. GPS Principal Rita Roe said Wednesday the school received a three-year, $363,585 grant on April 18. The grant had been den...
Council considers law about hogs and to eliminate pit bulls from town
Outlawing hogs and a ban on pit bull dogs were among the top items for discussion at the April Gurdon City Council meeting held April 17. An ordinance regarding hogs and pit bulls, which may include stipulations about other animals within the city limi...
Writer notes beautiful day on pond
The "rooster fight" was not a fight. Most of the audience seemed relatively uninterested in commenting on animals in town. Some did complain about too many unsupervised cats. One fellow said he thought excessive crowing from roosters was about as bad as t...
Lady Go-Devils take out Nevada
The Lady Go-Devils softball team took out Nevada School, 7-5, in a home game victory Friday, April 7. It was a conference game and Nevada did their best, but that was just not good enough to pull ahead of the home team advantage Gurdon had that evening...
Henry Taroni
Henry A. (Tony) Taroni of Newton, Texas, passed away Easter Sunday morning, April 16, 2006 at Plantation Health Care Center in Lake Jackson, Texas. He is survived by Ruby Taroni, his wife of 59 years, daughter Toni Stark and husband Donnie of Newton, T...
Superintendent wants to reduce sick pay
Gurdon Schools may not be able to extend sick pay into retirement years, as far as collections by the staff, because of gas hikes and other unforeseen increases in running a school system. Gurdon Superintendent Bobby Smithson told board members durin...

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